Victorian Channing Tatum Vintage Dudesday

When I first saw this photo, I thought it was a modern guy doing his vintagey best to look like an honest-to-goodness Victorian.

I mean, the hair! So close cut! The scruff! So ruggedly modern! And the mustache! So hipstery!

But in retrospect, that terribly uncool tie should have been a dead giveaway.

Once I started Googling, I discovered we have a semi-famous fellow on our hands here, Swiss sculptor Hugo Siegwart. He was born in 1865 and opened his first sculpture studio in 1892. I don’t have a date on this photo, but I’m going to guess he’s 30ish, so let’s call it circa 1895.(Better guesses are welcome!)